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how do u edit portrait to have your own picture you want
Aug 31 2026, 10:50 am
By: dydwk474  

Aug 31 2026, 10:50 am dydwk474 Post #1



i got my own picture i want, ive been trying this for like a day, i tried to put custom still image for portrait right, technically i know how to do it, but when i do it,
it just stuck in that buzzing part of the portrait and i have NO idea how to fix this, like what is this, i havent seen anyone who has this problem, i want my dang custom portrait



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Aug 31 2026, 10:07 pm NudeRaider Post #2

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

looks like a custom portrait to me, tbh

Post has been edited 4 time(s), last time on Aug 31 2026, 10:18 pm by Moose. Reason: jk now i'm done




Sep 1 2026, 2:37 am Symmetry Post #3

(Killer_Kow)

Hard to say what the problem is without any details. What *exactly* are you trying to do? What tools are you using to do it?



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Sep 6 2026, 5:50 am dydwk474 Post #4



Quote from Symmetry
Hard to say what the problem is without any details. What *exactly* are you trying to do? What tools are you using to do it?

i would say i think what i tried to do was to make a custom portrait, you see the picture i have here in this website? this one was the one i tried to use for terran, i have no idea how to do anything
i just don't know



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Sep 6 2026, 7:54 pm Symmetry Post #5

(Killer_Kow)

If you're trying to do this in SC: Remastered, I have no idea at all. Apparently modding it is a pain.

If you're doing it in Starcraft classic you need to create a mod. I'm not sure about a still image, I don't know anything about editing the .smk files, but luckily someone's made a portrait with that character: https://staredit.net/sc1db/file/3322/

In short you'd create an MPQ file using a tool like WinMPQ, add those to it and run your mpq using MPQDraft. I can elaborate further if you're cool with it being on Classic.



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Sep 7 2026, 5:02 am dydwk474 Post #6



Quote from Symmetry
If you're trying to do this in SC: Remastered, I have no idea at all. Apparently modding it is a pain.

If you're doing it in Starcraft classic you need to create a mod. I'm not sure about a still image, I don't know anything about editing the .smk files, but luckily someone's made a portrait with that character: https://staredit.net/sc1db/file/3322/

In short you'd create an MPQ file using a tool like WinMPQ, add those to it and run your mpq using MPQDraft. I can elaborate further if you're cool with it being on Classic.

I did it with still image and i tried with moving picture too, and i got that error where, when you click a units, they went to this qr codes looking thing for a bit and THEN they showed the image of the character right? when i do this, it stuck in that white and black glitching effect, but it doesnt show a IMAGE of the portrait or nothing, it just stuck there



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